Category Archives: Haptic Sex & Teledildonics

Virtual sex and haptic sex toys have been held back over the last two decades by patent trolls. The most notable victim was perhaps the RealTouch. A brave attempt by adult media giant AEBN at the first true haptic sex toy that would enable virtual sex online (and via synched porn videos). Admittedly the first… Read more »

According to Lisa Peyton, a technology journalist for VentureBeat, ‘hyper-real’ intimiate experiences are one of ‘ten ambitious predictions for how AR and VR will shape our world‘. She quotes a sex therapist – Dr Holly Richmond – who is also a writer hoping to ‘normalize sex tech’, who believes that eventually most first dates and… Read more »

Adult industry mouthpiece Xbiz this week took a look at trends shaping the future of sex chat cams, and it appears very futuristic indeed, with webcam performers now not only using haptic toys, but also cams fitted on drones that the viewer could operate. Plunging head-first into the more technical considerations, Chaturbate COO Shirley Lara… Read more »

*Since I first published this article, I’ve heard a lot of negative stuff regarding the SayberX, as well as the trustworthiness of the company behind it, and so I would unfortunately advise against buying this expensive product at the current time. A much better alternative at a similar price is the fantastic Kiiroo Onyx 2… Read more »

Ross Parker is doing great things in pushing the boundaries of digital VR animation and sex games. (You can follow him on Twitter here). In one of his latest projects, he’s used a 3D printed clip to attach a HTC Vive controller to a Fleshlight s tyle male masturbation device. As you can see in… Read more »

Haptic sex suits, and the ability to feel bodily touch in general, might be a step closer after scientists last week revealed promising research involving sheets composed of tiny bubbles. High-tech attire that would give users the sensation of being pushed, pinched or poked could someday make virtual realities feel as real as they look.… Read more »

The UK seems to be leading the world in the desire to overregulate future sex tech. Now law makers there have smart sex toys in their sights. According to a member of parliament for the opposition Labour party, dildos can now be hacked and need to be regulated. Smart sex toys may be innovative –… Read more »

I’ve always thought that the ultimate virtual sex experience would involve real people and sex dolls. No matter how convincing either virtual reality porn or sex robots become (at least until virtual reality or robots become conscious), most men will always crave the psychological aspect of sex with a real person – otherwise the experience… Read more »

Matt McMullen showed off his sex robot Harmony at the CES earlier this month, and had a surprise up his sleeve – the robot’s face is ‘modular’ meaning it can be quite easily altered simply by pulling something out and putting something else back in. It’s a great idea of course. Harmony is expected to… Read more »

Given that social justice activists were already demanding that home digital assistants such as Siri and Alexa be given protection from sexual harassment, it’s unsurprising that Chinese tech giant Badiu’s plans to boost VR headset sales with a sexy AI ‘virtual girlfriend’ named Vivi have been dropped within days of the announcement. Baidu-owned video platform… Read more »

The sex toy company ‘XR Brands’, which appears to specialize in high tech adult toys, has announced the release of an improved version of its ‘iFuk” virtual reality stroker. The haptic masturbator can be synched with virtual reality videos and is one of a growing number of such toys already appearing on the market. HUNTINGTON… Read more »

We all know that virtual reality is a long way from the finished article, but just when will truly immersive porn arrive, and what will it take for it to get here? Here is renowned futorologist and inventor Ray Kurzweil (particularly famous for promoting the idea of the ‘Singularity’) discussing the future of virtual reality… Read more »

1# SOM Rocket $541 An incredibly powerful male sex machine that sucks your penis at up to 180 strokes per minute. Although powerful, you’ll be pleased to know that it’s safe and very easy to control. It’s also pleasingly easy to clean. Rated by most as the best sex machine for men in the world,… Read more »

The pioneering haptic sex toy company Kiiroo today released to market the ‘Fleshlight Launch‘. Essentially the product turns your Fleshlight – the best selling male sex toy in the world – into a haptic masturbator that can be synched to adult videos (both 2D and 3D VR) or even live action webcams. The toy is… Read more »

Naughty America, one of the pioneers of vr porn, successfully campaigned to be allowed to exhibit at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this year – the first adult entertainment company to do so for nearly two decades. The restrictions imposed upon them by the organizers, however, left them wondering if it was worth the effort.… Read more »

It was reported recently that a grieving pensioner in Japan received a sex doll that was a near life-like replica of his deceased wife (but as her younger self), apparently as an act of kindness by the doll company. Although realistic sex dolls are not yet 3D printed (to my knowledge), and nor are sex… Read more »

Nice little history of teledildonics at site of the leading maker of such interactive sex toys – Kiiroo. Speaking of handheld Teledildonic devices, a variety of Teledildonic adult toys are cropping up. Each one promises something a little bit different from the last. In 2009, RealTouch was launched. The platform and devices are marketed towards… Read more »

The world’s largest adult cam site – ImLive – has teamed up with teledildonics sex toy manufacturer Kiiroo to offer the world’s first live amateur haptic sex cams. Live teledildonics has been tried by several companies in the past and present, including the ill fated ‘RealTouch’, but such sites have involved porn actresses rather than… Read more »

Mixed reality porn might be here sooner than we thought. The difference between VR – Virtual Reality, and MR – Mixed Reality, can be difficult to get one’s head around. Throw in AR – Augmented Reality, and the confusion becomes even greater. Essentially, VR puts you into a completely immersive virtual environment – it blocks… Read more »

Futurologist Ian Pearson recently made waves in the mainstream media by predicting that humans would be having sex with robots more often than with each other by the year 2050. That claim was made in a report on the future of sex commissioned by a sex toy company, so it might be expected that he… Read more »

The annual FutureFest conference that lets futurologists meet up in London to explore often radical ideas about the world in 30 years time will this year look at the future of sex and love. The event wont take place until September, but today the ‘curator’ of the ‘future of love’ section – Ghislaine Boddington – spoke to the… Read more »

The incredible intimacy and realness of immersive vr porn will increasingly blur the boundaries between watching porn and real sex, between masturbation and ‘cheating’, and between live porn and prostitution. No doubt the ‘Your Brain on Porn’ moralizers are already salivating at the hysterias they can generate over the ‘addictive’ attraction of vr porn. But… Read more »

Several new vr porn sites sprung up in the last week or so, but one in particular is worth noting as it gives a tantalizing glimpse of the possibilities that the new immersive porn forms – both vr and holo/augmented – contain. Holodexxx.com employs 3D scanning of real live models to create a virtual world… Read more »

Sex workers in the USA have spoken out on the topic of virtual reality porn, according to several media reports today, with several claiming that it wont replace prostitution. “I agree that virtual reality technology will unavoidably change the sex industry, but I feel that it will more likely replace pornography than prostitution,” wrote one… Read more »

Howard Rheingold, the famous critic and seer of the possibilities of virtual reality, penned a famous essay on ‘teledildonics’ for the now defunct publication ‘Mondo 2000’ all the way back in 1990. Although his predictions regarding the timeline for the development of fully immersive virtual worlds and their pairing with ‘teledildonics’ are clearly out, his… Read more »